I didn't miss the irony that the boarding attendant and I shared the same name: It was like she was me-staying behind whereas I was myself leaving. And I was glad to go... it was time. In New York, I struck up a random conversation with a fellow, who turned out to be a producer for The Cartoon Network. We spent an hour discussing the programs that I hate, because, yes I believe in media responsibility. But eventually we went our separate ways and several hours later found myself looking down at this absolutely glowing city from the sky. Wow, I thought- it's really alive! Indeed, it is... so many cultures, mixing interacting, so many different languages being spoken all at once... I could get lost here- in the good sense of the word, lost and wandering about unworried, just taking each thing as it comes...

I didn't miss the irony that the boarding attendant and I shared the same name: It was like she was me-staying behind whereas I was myself leaving. And I was glad to go... it was time. In New York, I struck up a random conversation with a fellow, who turned out to be a producer for The Cartoon Network. We spent an hour discussing the programs that I hate, because, yes I believe in media responsibility. But eventually we went our separate ways and several hours later found myself looking down at this absolutely glowing city from the sky. Wow, I thought- it's really alive! Indeed, it is... so many cultures, mixing interacting, so many different languages being spoken all at once... I could get lost here- in the good sense of the word, lost and wandering about unworried, just taking each thing as it comes...